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...it was like an examination paper that asks grammar, when what you want to be asked is Kings of England.


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Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.



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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

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The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.



Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.

Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.



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